Tau Ceti
Operations
How the Tau Ceti Co-operative operates.
The Tau Ceti Co-operative Ltd is governed by a set of rules which are registered with the Registrar of Co-operatives in the State of Victoria, Australia. Like all registered co-operatives we are also covered by the Co-operatives Act of 1996.
By way of background, co-operatives are governed by a board who acts on the part of the membership. They start with a formation meeting and then the co-operative is run in part by general meetings which involve all the membership and also by board meetings where the board is either acting on behalf of the membership at their discretion, or at the direction of the membership. You can find copies of the minutes for the formation meeting, board and general meetings we have held further down this page.
At Tau Ceti Co-operative we've also tried to formalise some areas the board would act in so that everyone would be kept aware of what is going on in areas where the board may act in a manner that affects the membership - this is encapsulated in The Standing Orders for Business Conduct The standing orders not only serve to give people a more specific idea of how we run things but also provide some means of storing our collective wisdom. The current version is dated November 2014.
Minutes for General Meetings held to date
Minutes from the most recent meeting are provisional on acceptance at the next meeting.
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12th Nov. 2020, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
14th Nov. 2019, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
8th Nov. 2018, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
23rd Nov. 2017, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
10th Nov. 2016, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
19th Nov. 2015, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
6th Nov. 2014, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
14th Nov. 2013, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
15th Nov. 2012, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
3rd Nov. 2011, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
12th Nov. 2010, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
12th Nov. 2009, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
16th Oct. 2008, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
27th Sep. 2007, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
14th Sep. 2006, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
18th Aug. 2005, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
8th Jul. 2004, Annual General Meeting Minutes
Presentation of the Reports from the Board and Treasurer and election of Directors. -
3rd Mar. 2003, Special General Meeting Minutes
Resolve our arrangement with ITWorks, adopting the Standing Orders for Business Conduct and nomination of a Webmaster. -
17th Feb. 2003, Formation Meeting Minutes
Forming the co-operative, election of Directors and appointment of a Treasurer.
Minutes for Board Meetings held to date
Minutes from the most recent meeting are provisional on acceptance at the next meeting.
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28th April 2021. Board Meeting Minutes
MYOB Replacement, Server Replacement, Financial Report, Retirement of the Treasurer and appointment of a new Treasurer. -
22nd December 2020. Board Meeting Minutes
MYOB Replacement, Server Replacement, Financial Report, Change of Address. -
12th November 2020. Board Meeting Minutes
Bandwidth Monitoring, Server Replacement, Financial Report. -
19th August 2020. Board Meeting Minutes
MYOB Upgrade, Server Replacement, Financial Report. -
9th April 2020. Board Meeting Minutes
Automated Configuration Management, Server Replacement, Financial Report. -
29th December 2019. Board Meeting Minutes
MYOB Replacement, Server Replacement (virtual hosting cost comparison), Financial Report. -
3rd October 2019. Board Meeting Minutes
Automated Configuration Management, MYOB Replacement, Server Replacement, Financial Report. -
16th July 2019. Board Meeting Minutes
WordPress Updates, Email Issues, Server Replacement, Financial Report. -
3rd April 2019. Board Meeting Minutes
Fee Increases, System Software upgrade, Email Issues, Financial Report. -
30th December 2018. Board Meeting Minutes
WordPress Updates, Let's Encrypt, Fee Increases, System Software Upgrade, Financial Report. -
8th November 2018. Board Meeting Minutes
Set up Fees, Disk Replacement, System Software Upgrade, Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
12th July 2018. Board Meeting Minutes
Disk Replacement, Replacement of Server, Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
1st March 2018. Board Meeting Minutes
Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
28th December 2017. Board Meeting Minutes
Sale of Mars, Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
23rd November 2017. Board Meeting Minutes
Sale of Mars, Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
12th October 2017. Board Meeting Minutes
Sale of Mars, Let's Encrypt, Financial Report. -
15th June 2017. Board Meeting Minutes
System Maintenance, Financial Report. -
20th December 2016. Board Meeting Minutes
Financial Report. -
11th October 2016. Board Meeting Minutes
Data Retention Legislation, Financial Report. -
4th August 2016. Board Meeting Minutes
Data Retention Legislation, Upgrading of Financial system, Financial Report. -
17th March 2016. Board Meeting Minutes
Data Retention Legislation, Upgrading of Financial system, Financial Report. -
21st December 2015. Board Meeting Minutes
Data Retention Legislation, Upgrading of Financial system, Financial Report. -
12th November 2015. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in contract with our service provider, Financial Report. -
9th July 2015. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in contract with our service provider, Financial Report. -
5th March 2015. Board Meeting Minutes
Financial Report. -
27th November 2014. Board Meeting Minutes
Financial Report. -
22nd October 2014. Board Meeting Minutes
Review of Hardware Upgrade, Review of Domain Setup Costs, Financial Report. -
8th May 2014. Board Meeting Minutes
Hardware and Hosting Arrangement Review, Financial Report. -
20th March 2014. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Removal of Auditor, Hardware/Hosting Review, Financial Report. -
19th December 2013. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Financial Report. -
10th October 2013. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Upgrading Financial software, Financial Report. -
15th August 2013. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Disposal of Earth, Financial Report. -
21st March 2013. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Financial Report. -
30th November 2012. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, SSL certificates, Financial Report. -
11th October 2012. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Off-site backup, Financial Report. -
21st June 2012. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Audit requirements, Financial Report. -
12th April 2012. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Bandwidth usage, Off-site backup, Financial Report. -
9th February 2012. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring, Off-site backup, Financial Report. -
1st September 2011. Board Meeting Minutes
Off-site backup, archiving of email, Financial Report. -
12th May 2011. Board Meeting Minutes
Hardware upgrade, new web site design, disposal of Earth, Financial Report. -
25th January 2011. Board Meeting Minutes
Hardware upgrade, Financial Report. -
23rd Sept. 2010. Board Meeting Minutes
Outages, hardware upgrade, Financial Report. -
27th May. 2010. Board Meeting Minutes
Outages, hardware upgrade, Financial Report. -
12th February. 2010. Board Meeting Minutes
High Server Usage, Financial Report. -
1st October. 2009. Board Meeting Minutes
Server Outage, Financial Report. -
14th May. 2009. Board Meeting Minutes
Financial Report. -
15th January. 2009. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring software and Financial Report. -
4th September. 2008. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring software, set up fee for forwarding domains and Financial Report. -
12th April. 2008. Board Meeting Minutes
Sale of Venus and Financial Report. -
17th January. 2008. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in co-location provider, service prices, Financial Report and election of a new Treasurer. -
21st October. 2007. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in co-location provider and Financial Report. -
6th October. 2007. Board Meeting Minutes
Hardware upgrade and Financial Report. -
4th July. 2007. Board Meeting Minutes
Hardware upgrade and Financial Report. -
28th March. 2007. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring software, hardware upgrade and Financial Report. -
12th December. 2006. Board Meeting Minutes
System monitoring software, hardware upgrade and Financial Report. -
14th September. 2006. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in co-hosting contract. -
17th June. 2006. Board Meeting Minutes
Change in co-hosting contract. -
30th May. 2006. Board Meeting Minutes
Disposal of old server Mercury, discussion of content management software for the website. -
9th February. 2006. Board Meeting Minutes
Disposal of old server Mercury, discussion of change in content management software for the website. -
26th October. 2005. Board Meeting Minutes
Disposal of old server Mercury, changes to the Standing Orders for Conduct of Business and Financial Report. -
14th July. 2005. Board Meeting Minutes
Disposal of old server Mercury, renewal of the Surgemail license and Financial Report. -
23rd March. 2005. Board Meeting Minutes
Purchase of virus scanning software and Financial Report. -
16th December. 2004. Board Meeting Minutes
Status of the new server project, purchase of virus scanning software and Financial Report. -
23rd September. 2004. Board Meeting Minutes
Completion of the new server project, purchase of virus scanning software and mail server software, Financial Report. -
24th July. 2004. Board Meeting Minutes
Software to be installed on the new server to support the server migration, development of policies for future software installation and consideration of applications for membership. -
8th July. 2004. Board Meeting Minutes
The financial report, status of the hardware upgrade project and the purchase of SurgeMail email software for the upgraded server. -
4th March. 2004. Board Meeting Minutes
The financial report, status of the hardware upgrade project, changes to the content of the Tau Ceti website and the purchase of a license for virus scanning software. -
4th December. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
The financial report, changes to the Standing Orders for Business Conduct and a discussion on the right to use the Class C address space used by the Co-operative. -
4th September. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
The financial report, the administration of a wiki and the generation of a new SSL certificate. -
16th June. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
The provision and pricing of addition logins per domain. -
13th June. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
The provision and pricing of secondary DNS services. -
27th May. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
Treasurer's report. -
26th Feb. 2003. Board Meeting Minutes
Resolve the resignation of a director and appoint another member to fill the position.